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Tag Archives: Pussy Riot
Punk Is Not Dead
Today my review essay of Masha Gessen’s latest book, Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot, appears in the Los Angeles Review of Books. The book is a testament to the courage of the members of the group who … Continue reading
The Interpreter of Comedies
The extended appearance of Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina on The Colbert Report Feb. 7 is worth watching for any number of reasons, top among them are hearing two victims of Vladimir Putin’s regime speaking in their own … Continue reading
IKEA Pussies Out in Russia
The Moscow Times recently reported that IKEA, the world’s most recognizable home furnishings brand, recently pulled this image (left) from an online competition to produce the cover image for their products 2013 catalog in Russia. In place of this image, … Continue reading
Riot Girls
Almost everything that needs to be said about the case of Pussy Riot, the Russian all-female punk rock band now awaiting a verdict in a “hooliganism” trial in Moscow, has been said. Nobody seriously doubts this is a political show … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Political Theory, Uncategorized
Tagged aesthetics and politics, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Maria Alyokhina Yekaterina Samutsevich, nature of politics, politics, president vaclav havel, propaganda, Pussy Riot, repressive regimes, RT, Russia, Russia Today, totalitarian regimes, Vladimir Putin, western political philosophy
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